Peter MacNicol (born April 10, 1954) is an American actor and voice
actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut
in the play Crimes of the Heart. His film roles include Galen in
Dragonslayer (1981), Stingo in Sophie's Choice (1982), Janosz Poha in
Ghostbusters II (1989), camp organizer Gary Granger in Addams Family
Values (1993), and David Langley in Bean (1997).MacNicol won the 2001
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Series for his role as the eccentric lawyer John Cage in the FOX
comedy-drama Ally McBeal (1997â€"2002). He is also known for his
television roles as attorney Alan Birch in the medical drama Chicago
Hope (1994â€"98), Tom Lennox in the sixth season of action-thriller 24
(2007), as physicist Dr. Larry Fleinhardt on the CBS crime drama
Numbers (2005â€"10), Dr. Stark on Grey's Anatomy (2010â€"11), Jeff
Kane on the political satire series Veep (2016â€"19), Doctor Octopus
in The Spectacular Spider-Man, and Nigel the Advisor on Tangled: The
Series.MacNicol was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, the youngest of
five children of Barbara Jean (née Gottlich), a homemaker, and John
Wilbur Johnson, a Norwegian-American corporate executive who became an
Episcopal priest later in life.MacNicol performed for two seasons from
1978 at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, including in productions
of Hamlet and The Pretenders. He made his New York debut in the 1980
off-Broadway play, Crimes of the Heart. The production eventually
moved to Broadway in 1981, and he won the Theatre World Award. It was
also during this production that a casting agent noticed him and
called him in to read for his eventual role in Sophie's Choice. In
1981 he landed the starring role in his first film, Dragonslayer,
opposite Sir Ralph Richardson.
actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut
in the play Crimes of the Heart. His film roles include Galen in
Dragonslayer (1981), Stingo in Sophie's Choice (1982), Janosz Poha in
Ghostbusters II (1989), camp organizer Gary Granger in Addams Family
Values (1993), and David Langley in Bean (1997).MacNicol won the 2001
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Series for his role as the eccentric lawyer John Cage in the FOX
comedy-drama Ally McBeal (1997â€"2002). He is also known for his
television roles as attorney Alan Birch in the medical drama Chicago
Hope (1994â€"98), Tom Lennox in the sixth season of action-thriller 24
(2007), as physicist Dr. Larry Fleinhardt on the CBS crime drama
Numbers (2005â€"10), Dr. Stark on Grey's Anatomy (2010â€"11), Jeff
Kane on the political satire series Veep (2016â€"19), Doctor Octopus
in The Spectacular Spider-Man, and Nigel the Advisor on Tangled: The
Series.MacNicol was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, the youngest of
five children of Barbara Jean (née Gottlich), a homemaker, and John
Wilbur Johnson, a Norwegian-American corporate executive who became an
Episcopal priest later in life.MacNicol performed for two seasons from
1978 at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, including in productions
of Hamlet and The Pretenders. He made his New York debut in the 1980
off-Broadway play, Crimes of the Heart. The production eventually
moved to Broadway in 1981, and he won the Theatre World Award. It was
also during this production that a casting agent noticed him and
called him in to read for his eventual role in Sophie's Choice. In
1981 he landed the starring role in his first film, Dragonslayer,
opposite Sir Ralph Richardson.
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